Kingsport Axmen's season ends after police said a recently-dismissed player threatened to kill [View all]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. — The Kingsport Axmen baseball team's season has been called off after police said a former pitcher for the team threatened to kill people shortly after he was dismissed.

According to the Kingsport Police Department, officers were asked to come to Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport on Monday around 12:30 p.m. to stand by while management dismissed pitcher Matthew Taylor from the team and banned him from the premises.

Police said Taylor initially left the stadium without incident. About an hour and a half later, police were called back after Taylor reportedly made threats.

Police said they discovered he had sent messages on social media threatening to kill multiple people at the Axmen game scheduled for that evening.

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This is a level below minor league baseball, sort of, but emblematic of how things have been going lately, and could happen at any level in any sport, it seems to me.